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Added At:  2012-05-03 10:03 PM

   Last Updated At: 2012-05-03 10:03 PM

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AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE

LONDON: Former Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif was released from a British prison today after completing half of his one-year sentence for spot-fixing, his lawyers said.

Asif, 29, was jailed in November after he was found guilty of conspiring to cheat and conspiring to accept corrupt payments over deliberate no-balls bowled during the Lord’s Test against England in August 2010. The player was freed from Canterbury Prison in southeast England on Thursday morning, his London-based law firm SJS Solicitors said.

His lawyer Ravi Sukul told Pakistan’s Geo television on Wednesday that Asif could stay in England while he explored the possibility of launching an appeal against his conviction. Salman Butt, former Test captain, and bowler Mohammad Aamer were also jailed on the same charges. Aamer was released in February after three months in jail while Butt is serving a term of 30 months.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) also banned the three players for a minimum of five years. All three players have the right to appeal against the ICC ban in the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sports.

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